Mechanical toy



' March l0, 1925- P. HAMMEL MEGHANI CAL TOY F'ldmJah. 26, 1924 INVENTOR7ATTORNEY ..-n/J, agility Patented Mar. 10, 192.5.

PERY H AMMEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

. ,MECHANICAL TOY.

Application iiiearanuary 2s, 1924. serial No. 688,752.

To all 107mm it, may concern:

Be it known that I, PERY IIAMMnn, a citi-D zen of the United States, andresident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented-certain new and usefuh Improvements in a MechanicalToy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a mechanical t0 Its object is to attract theattention of Vand to interest and amuse babies, as well as to benefitthem.

In construction and mode of operation, my new toy in its preferred form,comprises one or more ornate, contrasted color disks movable in a closedcasing containing loose rattlers and having a teething ring which servesas a handle. Any suitable material may be used for making embodiments ofthe invention, but it is preferred to make most of the structuralelementsout of Celluloid or the like.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and illustrating theinvention in two different forms,

Fig. l is a face elevation and Fig. 2 a vertical, sectional view at line2 2 of Fig. 1 of one form of a toy containing invention.

Fig. 3 shows a modification of what is shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, a round box casing a straight, tubularhandle 2 which extends diametrically through the annular side wall ofthe casing, projecting slightly atthe top of the side wall andprojecting from the bottom of the side wall for a distance suitable toform a handle for the casing. The tubular handle passes through theannular side wall of the casing about midway between the opposite edgesof the side wall. To the top end of the tubular handle the upper end ofan elastic cord 3 is anchored at- 4. The cord extends downwardly withinthe tube and is therein mounted in a slightly stretched condition.Wit-hin the casing of the chamber, the tubular handle, at the mid-lengthof that part thereof which is within the chamber of the casing, yisformed with diametrically opposed holes in which a transverseshaft-forming pin 5 is revolubly mounted, the ends of the shaft 5projecting outwardly of the tube on both its sides and the shaft beingheld in place by collars lopposed to the diskless end of the has itsannular wall 1 fixed to" 6, one fixed on each projecting endv 7.' l Onecollar bears on each side of the tube; vThe shaft is parallelto `theopposed round, flat sides of the boxcasing; and preferablyeach shaft endhas' fixed toV it outwardly of a collar, a stiff disk 8 the-'outerside`9 of which is ornamented. The outward side of the ornate disk islshown parti-colored and providedl with adjacent, curved white stripes10, blue stripes 11 and red stripes 12, effect ing a variety ofso-called pin wheels. The visible ornamentation of the outer 'sides ofthe disks by which they are vmade ornate may be varied. If each endfofthe shaft is provided with an observable, ornate disk, then both sides13 'of the box casing will be made of transparent material. oneornatedisk is desired, then the box side shaft is desirably madeof'non-transparent material. The box sides 13 areround and as shown,each is provided withan annular flange 14 which fits tightly on a marginof the .box caslilng side whereby lthe box casing is `made tig t. v

Said shaft 5 extends transversely through the tube and the stretchedelastic cord 3 is given a turn around the shaft within the tube 2. Theunder end of the stretched elastic cord is fixed at 15 tothe upper endofthe endwise, slidable 4shank 16 of the handle-forming teething ringwhich is accessible at the lower end ofy thetubular handle. Said shank,round in cross-section, in the under portion of the tubular handle, isoperated telescopicallyin relation to the handle to pull the stretchedcord and twirl the pin shaft and the thereto attached disk or disks, forrocking the disks severally in one direction or the other at each up anddown movement of the slide. Shank 16 is held in place, againstdisplacement, by the tension of the stretched elastic cord. Thestretched cord, however, is not stretched to its full limit, but isstretched so as to be taut between its upper anchored end and itsattachment to the upper end of the shank within the tube. Consequently,when the shank is pulled downwardly within but not out of thetubularhandle, a revoluble effect is given to the disk-carrying-shaftwhich is reversely rotated by the take up of the stretched cord on theup stroke of the teething ring carrying shank. Within the casing, shotor other rattlers 17 are placed and the If only toy is' a" rattle box.The' upper end ofg..the able, ko rnate'dsl; within thev chamber of thehandle tube is preferably close-d by'a? fixed casing*v and visiblethrough the transparent cap 18. K K Wall; a tubular handle fixed to thecasing, In F 1g. 3, the shank 16 isvxedl at 11,6? 1n extendingtherethrough and projecting on d the handle tube and the cord instead ofboth sides of the easing; manually operable being anchored to the handleor ot'lf'ierwse;`A 'means' partially contained Within the chamas 1nFigs. l and y2, is anchored at 18a to the bers o the casing and tubularhandle for Cap 18 Which is a Sl'd CitpK` K rliingl tlieYdisl,`A suolimeans comprising a y When partsl are referredto as fbeingKgiKXeKdmanually accessible member and also a cord l K K K K t eonstretion,eonneeted a't'feaoh" end to astructural mem- 'the fixationKi'sementltjojiej `Keafeh ofthe benj 'of Whihfmembereisa movable,0pdescribe'd forms,fthe upper; and under'K'ends eratmg member'saidoper'atin'g member and of the or'd'are'bothiiedje`altt"zt1menberdielifarryings'liaft reifoluble Within the 4and thoid isconealedw'ithintheKehall- Chamber" 4 O the' casing and operativelyennieriibers to which the rd '1S fixed" being ehanieal toy comprising incombiriationa ,Y l'. qnw ,fr :1. M Y movable. Casing havinga'transparent Wall; as rock i Wall; a tublarlian'dle lfixedt'oKKftliecmember vanda'lo a cord anchored at' `its l'dpera'tinjgmeriiber; `s'ai"casing andattaeliedjat ite'under end tthe the chamber of the easing anable, ornate disk Within the chamber Q the casing 'a vi-sible through"the transparent ch nieal toy compifiifrig in ombiria 1o extendingtherethrough and K projecting on eides'j of 'the easing 5 f anually"operable te disk wiiingtheqh om easing andik Visible through the' tranWxallig a` tubularhandle fixed to the easing, e

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